Tuesday, February 27, 2007

LOS ANGELES -- The "Holy Grail of baseball cards," the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card once owned by hockey great Wayne Gretzky, has sold for a record-setting $2,350,000, the seller of the card said Monday.

The anonymous buyer has only been identified as a Southern California collector. SCP Auctions Inc., a company that holds sports memorabilia auctions, said it bought a small share of the card. It is scheduled to be shown at a news conference at Dodger Stadium Tuesday.

So apparently now you can buy a share of a baseball card (not to mention treating cards like shares). Who wants to buy a share of my Alex Cora rookie card?

I would like to add that my rookie card runs a whole $3.00 (http://www.homeruncards.com/rookiecards/alex-cora-rookie-card.shtml). Plus, I have a better fielding percentage than Wagner (.976 to .947). And, I'm not dead.